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CSH Kidney Care Susnet EventAbout the speaker:Dr Ayushi Gupta is a renal specialty registrar at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She recently completed a Renal Quality…
Sustainability in kidney care is often perceived as requiring trade-offs in clinical quality, yet green nephrology can strengthen clinical excellence by identifying ‘sweet spots’ where improved…
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June 2026
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Murea, M., Mortimer, M., Demirtas, G., Seman, A., Picillo, R., de Barbieri, I., Woywodt, A., Piccoli., G.
Green nephrology has often focussed on dialysis, with its intensive use of water and energy. In comparison, non-dialysis outpatient care of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has received less attention.…
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March 2026
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Berman-Parks, N., Rho, E., Stoneman, S., Woywodt, A., Torreggiani, M.
Hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, and peritoneal dialysis are among the most resource-intensive medical therapies, owing to their high energy and water consumption, heavy reliance on disposable…
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February 2026
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Barraclough, K., Berman-Parks, N., Jha, V., Piccoli, G., Stigant, C., Talbot, B., Tarrass, F., Cheung, M., King, J., Grams, M., Jadoul, M., Flythe J.
In the past 20 years, awareness of the huge environmental impact of kidney care has increased considerably. Although opportunities to reduce this impact have been identified and innovative approaches…
What is Green Nephrology, why is it important to kidney patients, and how can patients, carers and local Kidney Patients' Associations get involved?
This patient information leaflet was produced…
This is an A4 shortened version of the '12 steps to Green a Kidney Unit'https://networks.sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/resources/12-steps-green-kidney-unit
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Read Green Nephrology Summit - "the greatest untapped resource in healthcare is the patient" - blog by Frances from October 2010.
In September 2010, 72 delegates from…
AbstractBackgroundHealthcare contributes significantly to global carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, with kidney care contributing disproportionately to this. Renal medicine was one of the first…
